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The level of engagement has picked up and some of Cleveland’s bad habits are slowly being squashed. Players yelling at each other in an unhealthy way isn’t as prevalent. Neither is the incessant, disrespectful shouting for the ball. Bickerstaff addressed those things immediately when he took over. There will still be bad moments. It’s only natural. But Bickerstaff won’t tolerate that behavior. - Fedor, 2/27/20

I think J.B.’s been great. He’s been great in terms of talking to guys, from me to Collin (Sexton) to Kevin. He’s got a great relationship with all of us. He only had 11 games last year, but those 11 games were promising, very promising, and I know we all ... that was the most fun I had all year. - Larry Nance Jr

[Bickerstaff] got them to start caring about winning games and care about each other. That’s not easy when you take over in a situation like that. (The Cavs had lost 13-of-15 before Beilein resigned). He stayed very positive, even after losses. They moved the ball better. He pulled things together. - Mike Fratello

There is an energy that’s building and you don’t want to be the one guy that’s not participating in it. You see the leadership, you see the young guys, they are pushing one another, they are holding each other accountable, they are having real conversations to fix problems. The environment and culture we are creating is growing and that’s going to be the foundation of it. It’s a bunch of guys who play hard but play well together also. - JBB, Feb. 2020

We want to be the type of team that plays so hard, competes so hard that we get four or five wins because people just don’t feel like dealing with us. The two things that we continue to push to our guys is can we be the most competitive team on the floor every night and the most unselfish team? - JBB


He's preaching unselfishness, competitiveness, caring about winning and each other, and establishing a positive environment and culture.
 
The level of engagement has picked up and some of Cleveland’s bad habits are slowly being squashed. Players yelling at each other in an unhealthy way isn’t as prevalent. Neither is the incessant, disrespectful shouting for the ball. Bickerstaff addressed those things immediately when he took over. There will still be bad moments. It’s only natural. But Bickerstaff won’t tolerate that behavior. - Fedor, 2/27/20

I think J.B.’s been great. He’s been great in terms of talking to guys, from me to Collin (Sexton) to Kevin. He’s got a great relationship with all of us. He only had 11 games last year, but those 11 games were promising, very promising, and I know we all ... that was the most fun I had all year. - Larry Nance Jr

[Bickerstaff] got them to start caring about winning games and care about each other. That’s not easy when you take over in a situation like that. (The Cavs had lost 13-of-15 before Beilein resigned). He stayed very positive, even after losses. They moved the ball better. He pulled things together. - Mike Fratello

There is an energy that’s building and you don’t want to be the one guy that’s not participating in it. You see the leadership, you see the young guys, they are pushing one another, they are holding each other accountable, they are having real conversations to fix problems. The environment and culture we are creating is growing and that’s going to be the foundation of it. It’s a bunch of guys who play hard but play well together also. - JBB, Feb. 2020

We want to be the type of team that plays so hard, competes so hard that we get four or five wins because people just don’t feel like dealing with us. The two things that we continue to push to our guys is can we be the most competitive team on the floor every night and the most unselfish team? - JBB


He's preaching unselfishness, competitiveness, caring about winning and each other, and establishing a positive environment and culture.

As an early skpetic I'm absolutely loving his work so far.
 

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